Welcome to the July 1st, 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! We hope you enjoy these great posts from 32 of the best leadership bloggers from around the globe. Dan McCarthy from Great Leadership presents How to Overcome the 3 Organizational Barriers to Leadership Development. “Why is it that more organizations and executives don’t fully embrace the effective development of their leaders? It all comes down to 3 barriers: They either don’t understand why it’s important, how to do it, or they just won’t. This post reviews each barrier and provides tips for overcoming them.” Dana Theus from InPower Women presents Activating the
I don’t do employee handbooks. Wait, I made an exception for a wonderful client and just finished up an employee handbook a few weeks ago. But I don’t do employee handbooks, or maybe the better thing to say is, I don’t like them. Here’s why: Most of the content in them these days implies that you can’t trust your employees. Most of the content in them these days implies that you think your employees don’t remember the lessons they learned in kindergarten. Most of the content in them these days is written for the exception rather than the rule. In
3 THINGS THE PROS DO I think we’ve all at one time or another been on the side of the recruiting process where it felt like a hurry up and wait game. Applying for a job and jumping through the hoops to get it always seems to be a mind-numbingly slow process. Even in my days as a recruiter, I often became frustrated with the slow process, particularly when I had a candidate that was perfect for a job and I was anxious to hire him or her. Despite the snails pace of hiring that can become frustrating, I was
To continue our periodic posts on Leadership How-Tos as a suggestion from participants in my last Leadership I class, I’d like to suggest an activity that combines two of the class topics: 1. Teamwork 2. Communication In the class, everyone takes a Communication Style Assessment. You can take an online assessment like the one taken in the class for $31.00 each and/or click here to see all the other products that go along with the assessment. To better understand communication in the workplace and build camaraderie amongst your team (and have a little fun while you are at it!) get this